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The non-governmental organisation Surplus People Project (SPP) says the department of land affairs should consider using expropriation
… Surplus People Project (SPP) says the department of land affairs should consider using expropriation as a part of its land reform programme. The proposal was…
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… a minister at Montjoux and then at Embrun. After the edict of Nantes, which forbade the practice of the reformed Huguenot religion, he fled to Zierikzee in ……
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… geologists Michael M. Tice and Professor Donald R. Lowe of Stanford University in the United States, assisted locally … by South African geologist Nicolas…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The group…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the … (SASO) and the Black Community Programmes (BCP). Out of the banning of these…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations mandate. In the years that followed, South Africa … passed resolution 2145 (XXI),…
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930 Communist Party of South Africa … S. P. Bunting from the Executive…
ArchiveMemorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
… Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain … Organisations, including NUSAS (the…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
… Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress … Indian Congress (TIC) meet in Johannesburg. The Presidents of the three…
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when … there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… Hani and others in their struggle to serve the aspirations of ordinary working people and the poor in Southern Africa. The CHI aims to engage in the…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… to venture into South America, but were deterred by a bout of foot and mouth disease. The two of them got jobs at The Cape Times instead. By 1944, Norton was…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter … painter Cornelis de Vos (1584 – 1651)…
ArchiveVerwoerd lets loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of South Africa: the struggle goes on
… and the Unity Movement on the arrests and bannings of some members of these organisations. … loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of…
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
… Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the son of Alan Hendrickse. …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Curry, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South … Commission of…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… 6: Bake, Jumble and Trust. Chapter 7: In the Family of Humanity . Chapter 8: Haven of our Dreams. Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index … Modernity &…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern … The statement by P.W. Botha regarding the acquisition of advanced radar and navigation…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… Nations (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted … 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… it is to walk up the driveway through what must be one of the most stunning Gardens in Johannesburg. It was designed by Landscape Architect; Patrick Watson…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
… often garnered controversy especially in her depiction of Black people. Stern died in 1966 and her home in Cape Town … record five times, with the latest…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in planning and implementing the successful escape of the four detainees but a massive manhunt and police … was later based in New Delhi as the Asian…
EventPatrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
… Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal. … Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime…
ArchiveCape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1972
… Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National … Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… This is a trial proceeding held in the supreme court of South Africa about matters between the state and … In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Elizabeth Supreme Court that the people who accused him of being a police informer were those who killed Mr Anele … Saldru Clipping collection, Witness tells…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… in the relevant research and scientific assessment of the ozone problem, to exchange information and to adopt … Weiss E.B (2008) The Audio Visual Library of…
Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life by Okwui Enwezor and Rory Bester
… Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life …
ArchiveAmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview (Daily Maverick), 24 April 2017
… AmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview …
ArchiveThe story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good Government in South Africa
… The story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good …